Welcome to the Miaou English web site!!
We are an instrumental band from Tokyo. Here you can read about us, our upcoming shows, discography and more!
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News
NEW ALBUM!
miaou - all around us
our new album, 'all around us', will be released on 7/18/2008 by thomason sounds. 10 new songs recorded by toe's mino takaaki, with new artwork by sawmill.
you can buy it from:
tower records
HMV
amazon
thomason sounds
as well as itunes japan, the miaou web shop and your favourite independent stores. you can listen to the song 'hello world' here.
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MIAOU 'ALL AROUND US' RELEASE PARTY
7/19/2008 Shinjuku MARZ
miaou
plus special guests 4 bonjour's parties & COMA*
open 18:00 / start 18:30
adv 2,300 / door 2,500
info: MARZ (03-3202-8248) tickets: LAWSON TICKET L-CODE 78591
FORMOZ FESTIVAL 2008
miaou will play at taiwan's FORMOZ festival this year! her space holiday, caribou and 4 bonjour's parties will play too.
FORMOZ 2008
The Children's Recreation Center, Taipei
miaou: mountain stage, 18.40
WWW.FORMOZ.COM
Show
Next show
2008/07/19 (Sat) Shinjuku MARZ 'all around us' release party
2008/07/26 (Sat) Taipei, Taiwan FORMOZ 2008
Past shows
2007/01/25 (Thu) Shinjuku MARZ
2007/02/17 (Sat) Shimokitazawa ERA
2007/03/24 (Sat) Shibuya O-nest
2007/04/01 (Sun) Kumagaya BLUE FOREST
2007/04/22 (Sun) Shibuya O-nest
2007/05/03 (Thu) Nagoya CLUB ROCK'N'ROLL
2007/06/01 (Fri) Shibuya O-nest
2007/06/02 (Sat) Aoyama Tsukimirukimiomofu
2007/06/10 (Sun) Asakusa asahi art square
2007/06/22 (Fri) Enoshima Oppa-la
2007/08/11 (Sat) Kawasaki CLUB CITTA'
2007/08/30 (Thu) Daikanyama UNIT
2007/09/01(Sat) Shibuya O-nest
2007/10/21 (Sun) Shinjuku MARZ
2007/10/26(Fri) Shibuya O-nest
2007/11/08(Thu) Shibuya O-nest
2007/11/23 (Fri) Aoyama Tsukimirukimiomofu
2007/11/24 (Sat) Shimokitazawa ERA
Discography
Painted e.p.
Thomason Sounds (TSIP-2016)
CD Released: March 2006
Buy on Tonevender(USA)
Notes: 5new songs and 3remixes from "make these things alright"
Distributed by Darla(USA)
White Noise Records(Hong Kong)
Je t'aime
Where Are My Records (WAM-021)
CD Released: March 2006
Buy on Tonevender(USA)
Notes: WAM's the 3rd compilation(Limited to 1100)
Distributed by emoragei magazine(Canada)
Darla(USA)
Tour e.p.
preco (preco-001)
CDep Released: September 2005
Buy on Tonevender(USA)
Notes: Tour split ep with Below the sea (all exclusive tracks)
Distributed by Darla(USA) u-cover(UK)
LINUS RECORDS(Japan)
Make these things alright
teto records (teto-1)
CD Released: August 2005
Notes: 2nd full length (9songs)
Sound Interior Ver.2
NEOPLEX (NPPX-37)
CD Released: January 2004
Notes: Post rock compilation
Happiness
Noon Records (NOON-1)
CD Released: August 2003
Note: Debut full length (8songs)
Biography
Tatsuki Hamasaki Guitars, Synthesizers, Programming..
Mayumi Hasegawa Bass, Synthesizers, Rhodes, Glockenspiel..
Hiromi Hasegawa Drums
Miaou were formed in 1999 by Tatsuki Hamasaki and sisters Mayumi and Hiromi Hasegawa. Their debut album, 'Happiness' (Noon records, 2003), was quickly followed by a tour with Australia's Art Of Fighting. Their 2005 release, 'Make These Things Alright' saw Miaou develop their sound into an even more tuneful, dreamy version of instrumental rock.
That same year saw a tour with Canada's Below The Sea, with whom the band also collaborated with to record a split e.p., released on Preco Records, the label of Tokyo music store LINUS RECORDS.
2006 proved to be another busy and exciting year. Things started off with the inclusion of 'Grasslands' on the Where Are My Records compilation c.d., "Je T'aime", before the band headed into the studio to record probably their most distinctive, beautiful and accomplished material to date with the painted e.p. (Thomason Sounds). The e.p. was once again recorded by toe's Takaaki Mino, who has produced all of their material to date.
The release of the painted e.p. was followed by a Japan tour with Thomason Sounds label mates Tracer AMC from Northern Ireland, as well as the news of securing a worldwide distribution deal with Darla Records.
Their third full length album, 'All Around Us' will be released by Thomason Sounds on July 18th 2008.
Myspace YouTube Flickr
We now have miaou pages at some different websites - check us out if you can!
You can listen to some of our songs!!
Please make Miaou your friend on Myspace!!!
miaou myspace
Check us out on last.fm!!
miaou last.fm
You can see our some videos!!
miaou YouTube
You can see our some photos!!
miaou Flickr
Contact
comments, merchandise, booking..
please email here!